Simba 90
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Storm 99 - "Let me know how you get on if you win them...and take photos b4 and after!!"
Hello avid readers
Ok so I was bored today and decided to get my wolf rims done. I'd just had a set of 4 delivered which I won on fleabay for a very reasonable price. They are old MOD rims which were a bit dusty with a rather pathetic paint job. I set to work with preperations yesterday by doing a one-over with the power-washer, sanding them down (lightly) and then washed them again. To finish up, I let them dry out nicely over night.
This morning I got up, shot out to Halfords and bought some grey primer and all the matt black sprays I could get my hands on. In total we ended up going to 3 different Halfords-es? before I had enough cans of the magic black stuff but there you go! After that it was plain sailing: Mask down, primer coat on and then just manic spraying until I'd run out of paint. Obviously I let the paint dry between layers, avoided spraying too thickly and tried my best not to lose detail on the original markings.
Right well enough of my blabble, here's one or two photos of the rims. My fender is currently M.I.A but I'll whap some photos onto this post once the new rims and my new set of 255's have been bolted onto him
Thanks for reading, pointless banter welcome as always
Ben
Hello avid readers
Ok so I was bored today and decided to get my wolf rims done. I'd just had a set of 4 delivered which I won on fleabay for a very reasonable price. They are old MOD rims which were a bit dusty with a rather pathetic paint job. I set to work with preperations yesterday by doing a one-over with the power-washer, sanding them down (lightly) and then washed them again. To finish up, I let them dry out nicely over night.
This morning I got up, shot out to Halfords and bought some grey primer and all the matt black sprays I could get my hands on. In total we ended up going to 3 different Halfords-es?
before I had enough cans of the magic black stuff but there you go! After that it was plain sailing: Mask down, primer coat on and then just manic spraying until I'd run out of paint. Obviously I let the paint dry between layers, avoided spraying too thickly and tried my best not to lose detail on the original markings.Right well enough of my blabble, here's one or two photos of the rims. My fender is currently M.I.A but I'll whap some photos onto this post once the new rims and my new set of 255's have been bolted onto him
Thanks for reading, pointless banter welcome as always
Ben
